WebFusion Review

WebFusion gives webmasters and website owners excellence in scalability, with four different web hosting plans depending on your needs, all priced competitively. As part of the Pipex Communications Group, 1 million domains strong, WebFusion benefits from the best in security, reliability, and performance.

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Hosting Ratings:
Price Value 9/ 10
Performance 8.5 / 10
Reliability 9 / 10
Customer Support 8.5 / 10
Control Panel 8 / 10
User Feedback 8.5 / 10
Overall Grade: 83%


 


Price Value
Currently WebFusion is offering a web hosting special - above and beyond their already competitive prices - offering 2 from months of shared hosting plus free setup, a free .co.uk domain name, a free IIS7 developer playground, and £50 vouchers each for Microsoft AdCenter and Google AdWords. All plans are scripting enabled and include anti-spam and virus protected email and webmail. Every plan but the Developer plan comes on both the Linux and Windows framework (Developer is Windows Net 2.0). All plans but the Starter plan include databases, either MySQL or SQL. WebFusion is also chock-full of bonus gifts like eNews newsletter production software, Serif web plus site design software, £100 in Google vouchers, and a double-whammy of photo bonuses from iStockPhoto, and more.

Reliability
The Pipex Group to which WebFusion belongs maintains an extensive Tier-1 network with over 100 points of presence throughout the U.K., with data centres in Leeds, London, Manchester, and Nottingham. All data centers are secured by stringent access controls including magnetically locked doors, 24/7 manned security, and CCTV surveillance cameras. The facilities are completely climate controlled with sophisticated air conditioning and fire detection and suppression units, and are powered by uninterruptible power supplies.

Control Panel
The MyServerWeb control panel provided for all WebFusion customers lets you manage all your email needs, configure and manipulate databases, enable and upgrade related services (such as FrontPage, DotNetNuke, community servers, and secure servers, and view and analyze full graphical web statistics.

Customer Support
WebFusion runs a complete Support Site with a searchable Knowledgebase, and literally hundreds of FAQs handily categorized by topic. Users can also contact WebFusion by telephone and email support ticket.

Hosting Plans
Unix/Linux and Windows Hosting Plans
Fusion Starter:
1000 MB disk space, 15 GB bandwidth @ £5.95/month (350 email boxes)
Fusion Professional: 3000 MB disk space, 25 GB bandwidth @ £9.95/month (750 email boxes)
Fusion Business: 6000 MB disk space, 60 GB bandwidth @ £16.95/month (1000 email boxes)
Fusion Developer: 12000 MB disk space, 100 GB bandwidth @ £19.95/month (1500 email boxes)